“ For unto you is born this day in the city of David”

The Nativity Story — Luke 2:1-20, New American Standard Bible

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Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register along with Mary,

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The Nativity Scene outside Marion United Methodist Church on Old Military Road in Marion offers passersby a chance to reflect on the true “ Reason for the Season,' a traditional manger setting depicts the birth of Jesus on that first Christmas Night.

Photo by Ralph Hardin